Roughly an IC year ago, the Matsuhama Arena in Delos underwent a significant construction period, unveiling the brand new ARENAVIEW functionality. Phileo, former thug boss and now upstanding citizen of Delos, began charging adventurers to gain entrance into the newly revamped spectator stands of the great and historic arena. Adventurers soon found out that from within the stands they may:

ARENAVIEW <participant>
Gain a new perspective on arena combat central around their focused participant.

ARENAVIEW STAT
See basic information on the particular event occurring within the arena.

ARENAVIEW SCAN
See a detailed and informative list of participants an their locations.

ARENAVIEW LOOK
Gain a birdseye view of the room that their VIEWED participant is in.

ARENAVIEW NONE
Ignore the commotion below and enjoy the company of the spectator stands.

After spending the last year collecting funds via the new arena spectating system, Phileo has entered into an official partnership with the Achaean Combat Association, and been granted the position of Registrar. As a result, he has been given the authority to pair combatants in single combat matches that are respected and recorded by the ACA.

Prospective combatants may seek out Phileo near the Matsuhama Arena in Delos and request to join his queued roster for combat pairings.

ASK PHILEO JOIN QUEUE <SPAR/RANKEDSPAR>
Have Phileo note your interest in being paired with an opponent for either a normal spar or a formal ranked spar.

ASK PHILEO LEAVE QUEUE
Have Phileo remove your name from his roster.

Once on his list, the enlisted combatant is free to leave the area and go about their business until a match is found. Phileo will reach out to each of the paired opponents via tells.

The selected adventurers will have roughly three minutes to find their way back to the arena to ACCEPT QUEUE. The combatants will then be placed in a special, smaller, 10 room arena.

If a queue is ignored/missed/abandoned, the deserting adventurer will be unable to join the roster for an incremental period of time.

Due to the nature of Phileo's agreement with the Achaean Combat Association, normal ranked challenges are no longer recognised in the combat rankings - only ranked spars arranged by Phileo will bear any weight in the Combat Rankings.

Additionally, victors of normal AND ranked spars arranged by Phileo will earn a new currency devised by Phileo and his organisation: Delosian Eagles. The nature and purpose of this new currency is still shrouded in mystery as Phileo is disinclined to give out much information about them.

Combat Rankings will now run on a monthly (RL) schedule. At the end of a month 1st place will win 50 bound credits, 2nd place will win 25 bound credits, and 3rd place will win 10 bound credits.

Penned by My hand on the 2nd of Scarlatan, in the year 719 AF.